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■ Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” whose host has trumpeted assertions of voter fraud in the 2020 election, has been canceled. In a statement Friday, Fox News said the move was part of routine programming alterations that it had foreshadowed in an announcement last fall. Fox News “regularly considers programming changes and plans have been in place to launch new formats as appropriate post-election, including on Fox Business — this is part of those planned changes,” the company said. Whether the cancellation ends Dobbs’ career with Fox News wasn’t addressed, and the company had no further comment. The former CNN host started his show at Fox in March 2011. The statement appeared to distance the show’s end from a multibillion-dollar defamation suit filed against Fox and three of its hosts, including Dobbs, by the election technology company Smartmatic. In a previous statement, Fox News said it would “vigorously defend against this meritless lawsuit in court.” The replacement for “Lou Dobbs Tonight” will be announced soon, Fox News said. The show last aired Friday, with a guest host sitting in for Dobbs, who had no immediate statement. An interim show, “Fox Business Tonight,” will air starting Monday with rotating hosts Jackie DeAngelis and David Asman.
■ A documentary series examining Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s relationship and its fallout, including allegations that he sexually abused a daughter, will air on HBO. “Allen v. Farrow” will include the “charmed courtship” of filmmaker Allen and actor Farrow; daughter Dylan Farrow’s allegations of abuse as a child; and Allen’s relationship with Mia Farrow’s adult daughter, SoonYi Previn, who became his wife, HBO said Friday. The documentary will explore the “private story” through interviews with Mia, Dylan and Ronan Farrow and investigators, and an examination of court documents and previously unreleased material, the channel said. Film experts will discuss Allen’s work and its reevaluation in light of his personal life. A representative for Allen didn’t immediately respond Friday to a request for comment from the filmmaker. Allen and Previn didn’t participate in the documentary, nor did Moses Farrow, the son of Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen has long denied sexually abusing Dylan. In a 2020 memoir, he said he “never did anything to her that could be even misconstrued as abusing her; it was a total fabrication from start to finish.” Two separate investigations were conducted in the 1990s, and Allen wasn’t charged. Dylan Farrow has maintained that she was abused, and her allegations have been embraced in the #MeToo era. “Allen v. Farrow,” from filmmakers Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, will debut Feb. 21 on HBO, with episodes airing weekly.